Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-26
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MEN AND TEAMS EMPLOYED
m ON THE DAM AND 81 Us III
Canal this Week.

| A large tool house is now being built
for the dam crew near the east end Of
| the dam. ~
The force of men on the water
power work has been slight incr eased
the past week. there now being about
$50 men employed on the canal, dam
and other work, and sixty teams are
hauling sand and rock out Of the canal.
The slate rock ledge has been reached
at several places in the canal and the
work will hereafter progress more
slowly.
A force Of men under Superintendent
Dow, of Minneapolis, have begun work
on the wood work of the dam, the first
work being done at the lower part of
the east side channel. It is rather
rough place to get the work started, as
the channel is very rough. Several
blasts have been put in here and ex-
ploded in order to get some of the pro-
jecting rocks out Of the way
1t is the plan of the engineer in charge
OF the water power Improvements to i'm
mediately begin the construction of q
false dam on the west side ofMill Island
to throw the water of the river into the
cast side channel. As soon as this is
completed the dam will be built from
the west shore to the head of the island,
after which the dam will be built from
the island to the east side A force is
now being organized to put IN the nee
essary masonry on the west side near
the end Of the dam. The work of con-
structing the dam will go on rapidly,
and will be we'll under way before win
ter weather sets in.
J. Simmons west side boarding house
opened the first of the week, and large
number Of water power laborers are
now stopping with him. He has one
large: dining building and three build
ings for the men to sleep in. He has
also provided stables for a large number
Of teams.
The spur track of railroad to the water
power has been graded down to the
canal and for some distance above there.
The track will be laid in a few days, and
then the necessary material FROM the
outside will be shipped in.
At a meeting OF. the Hook q Ladder
Company last EVENING": was decided to
hold the annual parade and give the an
nual ball on Thursday next, Sept. LIST,
the second day of the fair. An invita-
ton was extended to the Brainerd fire
department. to. come down, and the Fl.
g. T.. boys will proceed 10 make big
day of it. The company now has con-
siderable funds in the treasury. and
with the receipts from the dance next
week will probably be able to entertain
their Brainerd friends without calling
| on the citizens for any assistance. Sew
eral members of the Hook & Ladder
Company went to Brainerd to attend
the ia nual parade of the department in
that city. and it naturally falls on this
| company to do the entertaining now
It will be u big day for the old company.
Several additions to Little Falls will.
soon be plated and put on record. At
present the plated village of Little
Falls is very small, there being resi-
Edences upon almost every block that is
plated, and many residences being on
land near the village that is not yet laid
out in lots and blocks. The present de-
mand for real estate will result in ad-
ding at least 1000 acres to the plated
portion Of Little Falls within month or
two.